«The song ‘After’ is another one … Read Full Bio ↴Background vocals by Inyang Bassey
«The song ‘After’ is another one of those many songs, that starts off with a vocoder and it’s also another song about messed up relationships that have stopped working.
What I really wanted to do with this song is have a middle section that goes on way too long and I hope I have achieved that. The song starts quiet and strange and then gets propulsive and energetic. And then about half way through the song it sort of stops for about a minute and a half and then it all comes back in. Whether anyone will notice this or care I don't know.
On this record I played around with making things just a little bit longer than they should be, I like that with certain movies and books and pieces of music when something plays with people’s time expectations. You expect something to resolve at this point and it doesn’t, it sort of creates almost like a sense of tension and the person who is experiencing the movie or the piece of music. So when it does finally resolve, you’ve created more tension so it almost feels better. Hopefully I won't irritate people too much with some of the long songs on the record.»
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After
Moby Lyrics
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Oh when I had a life to live
But my mind was slow
But my mind was slow
But my mind was slow
But my mind was slow
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Oh when you had the time to give
Oh when I had a life to live
But my mind was slow
But my mind was slow
Oh when you want, you want from me,
Oh when you want, you want from me,
But my mind was slow
But my mind was slow
Yeah, yeah
Oh when you had the time to give
Oh when I had a life to live
But my mind was slow
But my mind was slow
Oh when you want, you want from me,
Oh when you want, you want from me,
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Oh when I had a life to live
But my mind was slow
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Oh when you want, you want from me,
Oh when you want, you want from me,
But my mind was slow
But my mind was slow
Yeah, yeah
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Oh when I had a life to live
But my mind was slow
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Oh when you want, you want from me,
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The lyrics to Moby's song "Victoria Lucas" seem to explore the theme of missed opportunities and the feeling of regret that comes with it. The lines "Oh when you had the time to give" and "Oh when I had a life to live" suggest that the singer of the song and Victoria Lucas (who may be a fictional character or a reference to Sylvia Plath's real name) had a chance to live their lives to the fullest, but something held them back. The repetition of the phrase "But my mind was slow" further emphasizes this feeling of missed opportunities and suggests that the singer may have been struggling with mental health issues.
The repeated line "Oh when you want, you want from me" suggests that there may have been some expectations or demands placed on the singer by Victoria Lucas, but because of their slow mind and missed opportunities, the singer was not able to meet those expectations. The song ends with a haunting repetition of the phrase "But my mind was slow," a reminder that the singer is still grappling with the mistakes of the past.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh when you had the time to give
When you once had the generosity to spare
Oh when I had a life to live
When I had a time and purpose in my existence
But my mind was slow
But my brain wasn't functioning at full capacity
But my mind was slow
But my brain wasn't functioning at full capacity
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Oh when you want, you want from me,
When you expect something from me,
Oh when you want, you want from me,
When you expect something from me,
But my mind was slow
But my brain wasn't functioning at full capacity
But my mind was slow
But my brain wasn't functioning at full capacity
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, sure
Oh when you had the time to give
When you once had the generosity to spare
Oh when I had a life to live
When I had a time and purpose in my existence
But my mind was slow
But my brain wasn't functioning at full capacity
But my mind was slow
But my brain wasn't functioning at full capacity
Oh when you want, you want from me,
When you expect something from me,
Oh when you want, you want from me,
When you expect something from me,
But my mind was slow
But my brain wasn't functioning at full capacity
But my mind was slow
But my brain wasn't functioning at full capacity
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Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Richard Melville Hall
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Nogy
Thank you Moby for all your music that you made. You are one of my most favourite music interpretes.
Marie Shutt
I think this is the best one from the album, and also one of my many favourite Moby tracks. He is a musical 🎼 genius! "Go" Moby!
Christina-Maria Antonioudaki
That guy is looking on twenty years further.
Cheers on him.
Love you Moby.
WoidHias
WoW. Auf eine Art überwältigend und fässelnd, wie man sie selten erlebt.
Asena Selcen
amazing song. only 114.000 hit? Hard to understand...
Matthias
now it has only 16 views but within 2 months it will have 50k - 100k i m sure about that !
ANC
Moby, welcome back!
Patrycja Kosowska
przejęty przejęty!
Michael S
krank! Old PowerPlant Austria .. love it
Angel Martinez
is anybody else here cus they heard this on the movie "Charlie Countryman"?